Back-loading product dispensing hook
First Claim
1. A back-loading display and dispensing hook, specially adapted for the support and display of products of a type having a necked top configuration including a body portion, a neck portion joined with and positioned above said body portion and having a first transverse dimension, and a top portion joined with and positioned above said neck portion and having a second transverse dimension greater than said first transverse dimension, which comprises,a base structure adapted to be mounted on a display support structure,first and second product support elements joined with and mounted by said base structure and extending forward therefrom in spaced apart generally parallel relation,said product support elements being laterally spaced apart, over a forward portion thereof, a distance at least slightly greater than said first transverse dimension and less than said second transverse dimension whereby products may be suspended on said product support elements by top portions of such products,a barrier structure at a forward end of said product support elements positioned to block forward movement of products suspended on said product support elements,said product support elements being laterally spaced apart, for a limited distance at back portions thereof, a distance which is equal to or greater than said second transverse dimension to form a loading position enabling products to be loaded onto said product support elements by passing top portions of products upwardly between said product support elements at said loading position and thereafter moving such products forwardly until the top portions thereof can be engaged and supported by forward portions of said product support elements,a resiliently displaceable structure associated with said loading position to obstruct movement of loaded product in a rearward direction back into said loading position, anda product release structure associated with said barrier structure to enable intended removal of products from a front of said display hook.
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Abstract
A back-loading display hook for the dispensing of products having limited shelf life, where the products are supplied in containers having enlarged tops and narrower necks. Spaced apart support rods, extend forwardly, spaced to accommodate the necks, while suspending the products by their tops. The inner ends of the product rods are spaced apart a greater distance, sufficient to receive the enlarged tops of the products and form a loading position. The products are loaded by moving the tops upward in the loading position, and then sliding them forward onto the narrower portions of the support rods. A stop element is associated with the load position, and is displaceable to allow upward loading of the products onto the support rods, while preventing rearward movement of products back into the load position. Optionally, the display hook may be disposed horizontally, or inclined to cause the products to advance forward by gravity.
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16 Claims
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1. A back-loading display and dispensing hook, specially adapted for the support and display of products of a type having a necked top configuration including a body portion, a neck portion joined with and positioned above said body portion and having a first transverse dimension, and a top portion joined with and positioned above said neck portion and having a second transverse dimension greater than said first transverse dimension, which comprises,
a base structure adapted to be mounted on a display support structure, first and second product support elements joined with and mounted by said base structure and extending forward therefrom in spaced apart generally parallel relation, said product support elements being laterally spaced apart, over a forward portion thereof, a distance at least slightly greater than said first transverse dimension and less than said second transverse dimension whereby products may be suspended on said product support elements by top portions of such products, a barrier structure at a forward end of said product support elements positioned to block forward movement of products suspended on said product support elements, said product support elements being laterally spaced apart, for a limited distance at back portions thereof, a distance which is equal to or greater than said second transverse dimension to form a loading position enabling products to be loaded onto said product support elements by passing top portions of products upwardly between said product support elements at said loading position and thereafter moving such products forwardly until the top portions thereof can be engaged and supported by forward portions of said product support elements, a resiliently displaceable structure associated with said loading position to obstruct movement of loaded product in a rearward direction back into said loading position, and a product release structure associated with said barrier structure to enable intended removal of products from a front of said display hook.
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11. A back-loading display and dispensing hook, specially adapted for the support and display of products of a type including a body portion, a neck portion joined with and positioned above said body portion and having a first transverse dimension, and a top portion joined with and positioned above said neck portion and having a second transverse dimension greater than said first transverse dimension, which comprises,
a pair of spaced-apart elements adapted to be mounted by rear end portions thereof to a display structure and to extend forward therefrom in spaced-apart, generally parallel relation, said spaced apart elements having rear-most portions thereof laterally spaced apart a distance which is equal to or greater than said second transverse dimension, said rear-most portions forming a loading position enabling a product top portion to be loaded in an upward direction into said loading position and then moved forwardly onto forward portions of said spaced-apart elements, said forward portions of said spaced-apart elements being laterally spaced apart a distance slightly greater than said first transverse dimension and less than said second transverse dimension to form product supports, whereby loaded products may be suspended on said product supports by the top portions of such said products, a resiliently displaceable stop element positioned to obstruct said loading position to obstruct rearward movement of suspended products into said loading position, and barrier elements integrally joined with forward ends of said product supports and positioned to restrict forward sliding of products.
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